As if China hasn't been dealing with enough with dangerously high pollution rates. Not -- a new environmental problem. Dead pigs in the river thousands of them in fact a surge of people. Dumping pigs upstream from Shanghai has -- resulted in more than 6000. Pig carcasses floating. In the one -- river one of the main sources of drinking water to Shanghai in fact. -- putrid pig carcasses were no doubt find a -- on farmer selling diseased pigs all after an outcry the government insisting that the city's drinking water though. Is safe.

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